Borderline Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][Bm][A][D][A][D][Bm][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
Every[G]body looks so ill at [D]ease
[G]So distrustful, so displeased
[D]Running down the[G] table
I see [Em]a borderli[G]ne[A]
Like a [Dm]barbed wire [A]fence
[Dm]Strung tight, strung [A]tense
[Dm]Prickling with pretens[A]e
[F#m]A borderline

[Verse 2]
[F#m][E]
Why are [A]you smirking at your [E]friend?
Is this [A]to be the night
[F#m]When all well-wishing ends?
[A]ends?[D]
All credibil[G]ity [D]revoked?[G]
Thin skin, [D]thick jokes
Can we blame [G]it on [A]the smoke
This border[D]line?

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][Bm]
[A][D][A][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]Every bristling shaft of [D]pride
Church or nation
[G]Team or [D]tribe
Every notion [G]we subscribe to
Is just [Em]a border[G]li[A]ne
Good or [Dm]bad, we think [A]we know
As if [Dm]thinking makes things [A]so
All [Dm]convictions grow [Aaug]along
[F#m]a borderline

[Verse 4]
[E]
Smug in [A]your jaded expertise
[E]You scathe the[A] wonder
world
[F#m]And you praise b[A]arbarity[D]
In this illu[G]sionary [D]place
[G]This scared, hard-edged [D]rat rat race
[G]All liberty is laced [A]with
Border[D]lines

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][Bm][A][D][A][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 5]
Every [G]income, [D]every age
Every fashion-[G]plated rage
[D]rage
Every measure, [G]every gauge
Creates [Em]a borderli[A]ne
Every [Dm]stone thrown [A]through glass
Every [Aaug]mean-street[Dm] s ki[A]ckass
Every [Dm]swan caught [Aaug]on the grass
Will [F#m]draw a borderline

[Verse 6]
[E]
You snipe so [A]steady
You snub so [E]snide
So [A]ripe and [F#m]ready
To diminish and [A]deride[D]
You're so [G]quick to condes[D]cend
[G]My opinionated friend
[D]All you deface, all you de[G]fend
Is [A]just a [D]border[A]line[D][Bm][A]
Just a border[D]line[A][D][Bm][D]
An[A]other border[D]line[A][Bm]
[A]Just a borderline

[Outro 1]
[D][A][Bm][Bm][A]